Quiver



Nov. 28, 1961 A. M. SUNDQUIST QUIVER Filed Jan. 25, 1960 INV ENT OR. B/jiel//U f7. ELM/17475157 United States Patent O 3,010,502 UrvER The invention relates to carriers for elongated rodlike objects and is particularly concerned with the novel construction and assembly of a quiver for carrying arrows and which is adapted to be worn on the back of the user.

Known types of quivers have certain objectionable characteristics arising in part from their mode of construction and themanner in which the arrows are retained therein. In some known instances upper and lower shelves or platforms are provided and wherein resiliently compressible pads are arranged on said shelves to frictionally retain an arrow extended between them. In other instances hanger means is associated with the upper shelf or platform for engagement by the head of the arrow so as to retain it in a suspended position. No known quiver structure affords adequate protection for the arrows against rain, snow, or vagainst unintended displacement upon encountering objects which may be brushed against by the user, nor is common means provided therein to accommodate arrows of varying lengths.

The structure herein disclosed overcomes the yforegoing and other objectionable characteristics of known types of quivers primarily because of its unique structural features which afford positive means to retain the arrows in place. More specifically, the quiver comprises a frame preferably consisting of a plurality of elongated tube-like members having an elongated U-shaped lbody or major portion, each to receive an arrow therein and each provided at one end with novel arrow head receiving and retaining means in the form oi a contoured or cone-shaped body telescoped into the tube-like member and normally held in place by resiliently compressible means. The other end of the tube-like member has a closure wall that is suitably recessed to afford a seat on which the feather-vane end of the arrow is adapted to rest firmly. The tube-like members are interconnected to provide a unitary structure and suitable straps or the like are attached thereto for carrying the quiver on the back of the user.

It is, therefore, an object of this invention to provide a novelly constructed quiver.

Another object is to provide a quiver comprised of a plurality of tube-like members each to receive and support an arrow therein.

Another object is to provide a quiver with novel arrowhead engaging and embracing means.

Another object is t-o provide a quiver with novel means to retain an arrow positioned therein under suiicient axially applied tension to prevent its inadvertent displacement.

Another object is to provide a novel quiver which is inexpensive to manufacture, is eiiicient and easy to use, and is self adjusting so as to accommodate arrows varying in length within the range of adjustability of its resiliently movable head engaging member.

With the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention consists of certain novel features of construction, arrangement and combination of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and particularly pointed out in the appended claims, it being understood that various changes in the form, proportion, size and minor details of the structure may be made without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

For the purpose of facilitating an understanding of ice my invention, I have illustrated in the accompanying drawings a preferred embodiment thereof, from an inspection of which, when considered in connection with the following description, my invention, its mode of construction, assembly and operation, and many o-f its advantages should be readily understood and appreciated.

Referring to the drawings in which the same characters of reference are employed to indicate corresponding or similar parts throughout the several gures of the drawings:

FIGURE l is an elevational view of the quiver;

FIGURE 2 is a side elevational view thereof;

FIGURE 3 is a top view thereof;

FIGURE 4 is an enlarged transverse vertical sectional view of one of the tube-like arrow receiving members, partially broken away and showing an arrow in place therein; and

FIGURE 5 is a sectional View similar to the upper portion of FIGURE 4, showing the parts in position when the arrows is removed.

Referring to the exemplary disclosure in the accompanying drawings, and particularly toV FIGURES l-3 thereof, the quiver 11 preferably is comprised of a pluraliy of tube-like members 12, each adapted to house an arrow therein, arranged side by side and parallel one to the other. These tube-like members may be integrally joined by any suitable means. As shown, they are connected one to the other by straps 13-14 'which may be riveted thereto, as at 15, and each of which comprises means yfor carrying the quiver on Athe back of the user.

Each tube-like member 12 has a vsubstantial portion of its circumferential wall cut away, as generally indicated at 16, so as to provide a U-shaped intermediate body portion having an open front area extending from its bottom wall 17 to a point short of its upper end so as to leave at said upper end a cylindrical housing portion 18. The upper or inside face of bottom wall 17 preferably is axially recessed, as at 19, to provide a shallow seat upon which the feather-vane end of the shaft 21 of an arrow may rest when positioned thereon.

The upper or housing portion 13 of the tube-like member is closed by a cap 22 which may be press-fitted or otherwise received firmly therein. This housing portion is adapted to receive the head 23 of the arrow and resiliently compressible means is Amounted in said housing portion so as to normally urge the arrow downwardly into lirm engagement in bottom wall recess 19. The resiliently compressible means preferably is comprised of a cone-shaped body or plunger 24 having an external bearing flange 25 terminating in an upwardly facing exterior shoulder 26 against which bears one end of a surrounding coil spring 27. The other end of said spring bears against the bottom surface of cap 22 so as to normally urge the cone-shaped body 24 in lthe extended position of non-use illustrated in FIGURE 5. Unless otherwise restrained, a stop detent 28 (FIG. 4) may be struck in the wall of housing portion 18 'to limit downward movement of plunger 24.

When positioning an arrow in the tube-like member 12, the head lend is inserted into the tubular housing portion 18 -'and thrust upwardly so -as to seat its head 23 in the cone-shaped body 24. Continued upward thrust of the arrow will displace the cone-shaped body upwardly against the expansion force of spring 27 until the feathervane end of its sha-it can be moved inwardly over bottom wall 17. Release of the arrow will permit spring 27 to urge the arrow downwardly to seat its feather-vane shaft end in recess 19. The arrow is now rmly held in place and lagainst any movement relative to the quiver. Owing to the range of movement aorded the cone-shaped body 24, any variation in the length of an arrow is compensated for, thus the present structure is adapted to accommodate arrows of various shaft length in an etiicient manner. -Also, the quiver I:retains the arrows spaced one from the other and aliords ample protection `to said arrows and particularly to the heads thereof.

It is believed that my invention, its mode of construction and assembly, and many of its advantages should be readily understood from the foregoing without further description, and it should also be manifest that while a preferred embodiment of the invention has been shown and described for illustrative purposes, the structural details are nevertheless capable of wide variation within the purview of my invention as defined in the appended claims.

What I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States is:

1. A quiver for removably holding arrows including a fname comprised of a plurality of tube-like members arranged side by side and of a predetermined length, an end wall at one end of each tube-like member, each of said members having an elongated opening in the cylindnical wall thereof, said opening extending from. said end wall and terminating short of the other end to define a cylindrical housing portion at said other end, a closure for one end of said cylindrical housing portion, movable means in said housing adapted to have the head of an arrow thrust into said tube-like member nested thereagainst, and a spring arranged between said closure and said movable means to urge the feather-vane end of the arrow into iirm abutment with the end wall.

2. A quiver for arrows comprising a plurality of tubelike members closed at their ends and |arranged in side by side parallel relation, each of said tube-like members comprising a semi-cylindrical intermediate body portion having a tubular housing portion at one end and an end Wall at its other end, a cone-shaped body slideable into said housing portion, and a spring to urge the cone-shaped body towards said end wall, said Ycone-shaped body being adapted to receive the head of an arrow nested 'therein and to urge the feathered end of the arrow shaft firmly against said end wall.

3. A quiver for arrows including a plurality of elongated members, each of said members comprising a body portion semi-circular in section, an arrow support wall at one end of said body portion, a cylindrical housing portion at the other end of said body portion, said wall and housing portion being opposed in position, a closure for the outermost end of said housing portion, a substantially cone-shaped member movably telescoped into said housing portion, and a spring in said housing portion operative to urge the cone-shaped member in the direction of the arrow support wall, said elongated members each being adapted to receive an arrow positioned therein with its head nested in the related cone-shaped member and its feather-vane end seated on the related end wall.

4. A quiver for arrows comprising a plurality of tubelike members having end Walls and arranged side by side in a common plane, said tube-like members each having an elongated opening in a common wall area thereof extending from one end .Wall and terminating short of the other end wall so as to provide semi-circular body portions coincidental with the length of the openings and tubular housing portions adjacent lto said other end walls, cone-shaped shells one telescoped freely into each housing portion with its open end disposed toward said related semicircular body portion so as to receive the head ends of arrows placed in the semi-circular body portions, a shallow recess in the inside face of the other end walls each adapted to receive `the feathered end of an arrow seated therein, resiliently compressible means arranged between each shell and the Irel-ated end wall to urge the shells firmly over the heads of the arrows and to retain their feathered ends seated in said recesses, and means to limit movement of said shells under the compressive force of said resilently compressible means when no arrow is engaged thereby. Y

5. In a quiver, an elongated hollow body member having an elongatel opening in the side wall thereof, arrow support walls in said member, one of said Walls being movable relative to the other whereby to receive an arrow in abutment therebetween, and a spring means between said body member and said one movable wall whereby to hold the arrow in said Wall abutment.

6. In a quiver for arrows, an elongated member of semi-circular cross section, an arrow support Wall at one end of said member, a cylindrical housing portion at the other end of said member, a closure for the outermost end of said housing portion, said wall and housing portion closure being in opposed relation, a movable member slidable in ysaid housing portion, said movable member and said wall being adapted to receive an arrow in endwise abutment therebetween, a recess in the surface ofthe abutted wall into which Vone end of said arrow is adapted to be seated, and resiliently compressible means between said movable member and housing portion closure to hold the arrow in said seated abutment.

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